6th CERN–UNESCO–NRF Open Science School, Pretoria, South Africa, 2025

from Sunday 16 February 2025 (08:00) to Friday 21 February 2025 (20:30)
Albert Luthuli Auditorium (National Research Foundation)

        : Sessions
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        : Breaks
16 Feb 2025
17 Feb 2025
18 Feb 2025
19 Feb 2025
20 Feb 2025
21 Feb 2025
AM
08:00
Registration (until 09:00)
09:00
Opening session - Kamran Naim (CERN) Dr Nokuthula Mchunu (NRF) (until 12:00)
09:00 Welcome from NRF - Dr Gugu Moche (NRF)  
09:20 Welcome from CERN - Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)  
09:40 Welcome from UNESCO - Tiffany Straza (UNESCO)  
10:00 Welcome from CODATA - Prof. Daisy Selematsela (CODATA)  
10:20 Keynote: Fueling the new agenda for African languages x AI: Everything, everywhere, all at once - Vukosi Marivate (University of Pretoria)  
10:40 Group Photo  
10:55 Presentation of participants  
11:40 Launch of the training - Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)  
09:00
Report from the rapporteurs (until 09:30)
09:30
Morning session - Nokuthula Mchunu (NRF) (until 12:00)
09:30 Zenodo - Lars Holm Nielsen (CERN)  
10:10 Ubuntu Open Science Cloud - Harold Bowa (UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networks)  
10:50 Redalyc - Prof. Arianna Becerril García (Redalyc)  
11:30 Discussions  
08:30
Report from the rapporteurs (until 09:00)
09:00
Morning session -Mr Jens Vigen (CERN) (until 11:00)
09:00 UNESCO and open science - Tiffany Straza (UNESCO)  
09:30 CERN open science policy - Dr Kamran Naim (CERN)  
10:00 SA Open Science Policy draft (and process) - Prof. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa)  
10:30 Discussion  
11:00 --- Lunch-bag in the bus to Soweto ---
09:00
Report from the rapporteurs - Lars Holm Nielsen (CERN) (until 09:30)
09:30
Morning session (until 12:00)
09:30 Open Access policy and implementation at CERN - Anne Gentil-Beccot (CERN)  
10:10 UNESCO study on predatory publishers - Tiffany Straza (UNESCO)  
10:50 Spotting the wolves: Protecting your research (from predatory publishers) - Susan Veldsman (ASSAf)  
11:30 DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals - Ina Smith (ASSAf)  
09:00
Report from the rapporteurs - Tiffany Straza (UNESCO) (until 09:30)
09:30
Closing session (until 11:00)
11:00
Closing session (until 12:00)
PM
12:00
Arrival (until 18:00)
12:00 --- Lunch break ---
13:00
Workshop (until 15:00)
13:00
Workshop (until 15:00) (National Research Foundation)
13:00
Workshop (until 15:00) (National Research Foundation)
15:00 --- Tea break ---
15:30
Workshop (until 16:30)
17:30 --- Welcome reception ---
12:00 --- Lunch break ---
13:00
Workshop - Harold Bowa (UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networks) (until 16:30)
13:00
Workshop - Lars Holm Nielsen (CERN) (until 16:30) (National Research Foundation )
12:00
Excursion (until 17:00)
17:00 --- South African braai ---
12:00 --- Lunch break ---
13:00
Workshop - Courtney Crummet (MIT) (until 16:30)
13:00 Slide presentation  
16:00 Exercise  
12:00
Closing session -Dr Nokuthula Mchunu (NRF) Mr Jens Vigen (CERN) (until 12:30)
12:30 --- Farewell lunch ---